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30-minute radio program for September 2, 2018. Last of three parts. A very good talk by Progressive historian Howard Zinn, delivered in 2008. It deals with key themes in Zinn's writing (and social activism): social justice, war, economic power, the anti-democratic behavior of governments (including ours), propaganda, and the power of the people to organize and compel justice. Part Three (this week) is (IMHO) the finest part of Zinn's long talk. It begins with Zinn's moving and cogent rejection...
Topics: Howard Zinn, politics, war, democracy, social movements
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Apr 21, 2019
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30-minute radio program for April 23, 2019. In a humorous/satiric monologue, KD reflects on several current (and a few other) events, all somehow connected to America at Easter-time. Plus a song by David Rovics. Topics include secularization and commercialization of holidays, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Mueller Report, John Brown, the Stop-and-Shop supermarket strike, and how Edward Bernays got American women hooked on cigarettes. http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com
Topics: labor unions, supermarket, Notre Dame Cathedral, Edward Bernays, cigarettes, corporations, John...
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Apr 14, 2019
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Apr 14, 2019
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30-minute radio program for April 16, 2019. Classic broadcast, from 1965, by radio's great humorist-satirist-storyteller Jean Shepherd, condensed by K.D. With wit and humor, Shepherd reflects on adolescent psychology ... on being "shot down" ... on traumatic experiences ... and on the absurd prose on back of packages--notably Official World's Fair Toothpicks. Then he tells a story from his childhood: how he snuck into a Ukrainian-American picnic, pretended to speak Ukrainian, and...
Topics: Jean Shepherd, Ukrainian, picnic, hamburger, marketing, advertising, radio
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Mar 21, 2019
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Mar 21, 2019
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30-minute radio program for March 26, 2019. Media scholar Mark Crispin Miller explores how the government--aided by the corporate media--molds public opinion through massive and unceasing campaigns of propaganda. The propaganda manufactures widespread public consent for imperialism, military adventures abroad, and neoliberal economic policies. In a brief introduction, KD analyzes the propaganda saturating a N.Y Times "news" article on Venezuela (March 13, 2019). Miller spoke with host...
Topics: imperialism, empire, propaganda, public opinion, media, Edward Bernays, Mark Crispin Miller,...
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Feb 23, 2019
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Feb 23, 2019
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30-minute radio program for February 26, 2019. In separate talks, two fine foreign correspondents discuss current affairs--Robert Fisk and Chris Hedges. Different in style, they are alike in their hatred of lies and propaganda, their command of historical details--and their disdain for Trump's presidency. Fisk discusses--besides Trump--the war in Syria, Vladimir Putin, and the flood of propaganda in the media. Hedges discusses how social justice requires economic justice and also effective...
Topics: Robert Fisk, Chris Hedges, Syria, Iran, Putin, Donald Trump, nonviolence, revolution
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Feb 14, 2019
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Feb 14, 2019
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30-minute radio program for February 19, 2019.Second of 2 parts. Journalist-prophet-activist CHRIS HEDGES is in fine form in this new speech. With some new examples and new connections he explores the history and the bad effects of the corporate takeover of America. The effects include the degradation of our culture, economy, politics, and freedom--and of the planet's ecosystem. As Hedges sees it, the only sane response is concerted nonviolent resistance to "the corporatocracy." Of...
Topics: United States, corporations, democracy, Republican Party, cults
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Feb 9, 2019
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Feb 9, 2019
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30-minute radio program for February 12, 2019. First of 2 parts. Journalist-prophet-activist CHRIS HEDGES is in fine form in this new speech. With some new examples and new connections he explores the history and the bad effects of the corporate takeover of America. The effects include the degradation of our culture, economy, politics, and freedom--and of the planet's ecosystem. As Hedges sees it, the only sane response is concerted nonviolent resistance Hedges spoke in New York City on...
Topics: United States, corporations, capitalism, banks, environment
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Feb 5, 2019
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Feb 5, 2019
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A good documentary film by Elena Rossini (2015), newly adapted to radio by KD. It's about the damage--social, physical, and especially psychological--wrought by the huge and highly profitable "beauty" industry. This week's installment explores the skinny ideal and the diet industry ...Photoshopping models to make them still skinnier ... images of men's beauty ... the sexualization of children, especially young girls ... the connections between the beauty business and the porn business...
Topics: beauty, cosmetics, fashion, marketing, girls
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Jan 29, 2019
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Jan 29, 2019
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30-minute radio program for January 29, 2019. First of 2 parts. A good documentary film by Elena Rossini (2015), newly adapted to radio by KD. It's about the damage--social, physical, and especially psychological--wrought by the huge and highly profitable "beauty" industry. One of this film's virtues is its international scope. Throughout the world, the bad effects of the beauty business are remarkably similar--but the regional variations are very interesting. The film's focus shifts...
Topics: beauty, cosmetics, fashion, marketing
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Jan 8, 2019
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Jan 8, 2019
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30-minute radio program for January 8, 2018. It's stressful; it's expensive; ir's bad for the environment; it's bad for the soul; and it's VERY hard to get rid of. No, not the Trump Administration (or bedbugs): I'm referring to clutter. We explore the problem with true confessions by me, an article by Erica Layne, remarks by environmentalist Lloyd Alter, and music by Chumbawamba. Host Alex Wise's interview with Lloyd Alter courtesy of Sea Change Radio (December 11, 2018). The installment is...
Topics: clutter, consumer goods, trash, commerce
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Dec 11, 2018
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Dec 11, 2018
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30-minute radio program for December 11, 2018. With typical verve and wit, economist Richard Wolff shows how and why the corporate elite made themselves even richer and more powerful by plundering the American working class--and misleading them about what was happening. He also shows why the scam cannot go on much longer. With a brief introduction by KD. Wolff spoke at the 2018 Left Forum in New York. Audio courtesy of unwelcomeguests.net. newworldnotes.blogpot.com .
Topics: Richard Wolff, economics, working class, capitalism, economic history
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Nov 20, 2018
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Nov 20, 2018
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30-minute radio program for November 20, 2018. Second of two parts.. A fine and fiery speech by journalist/activist Chris Hedges. He vividly tells the story of the "slow-motion coup" that replaced American democracy with oligarchy and the Corporate State. Part 2 continues the story of how "the corporatocracy" overthrew liberal democracy inthe US. Hedges then speaks of the necessity of rebellion and the difficulties of being a rebel. He then gives examples from Czechoslovakia...
Topics: Chris Hedges, democracy, fascism, corporatocracy, corporate state, resistance, Czechoslovakia
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Nov 13, 2018
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Nov 13, 2018
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30-minute radio program for November 13, 2018. First of two parts.. A fine and fiery speech by journalist/activist Chris Hedges. He vividly tells the story of the "slow-motion coup" that replaced American democracy with oligarchy and the Corporate State. Part 1 explains the takeover. Part 2 continues the story and then shows how--in the recent past--nonviolent popular resistance has overthrown oligarchies and established democracy. Hedges spoke at an event titled "Stop Fascism in...
Topics: Chris Hedges, democracy, fascism, corporatocracy, corporate state
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Nov 6, 2018
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Nov 6, 2018
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30-minute radio program for November 6, 2018. Last of four parts.. Scott Noble's wide-ranging and fine documentary film of 2010 adapted to radio. It's about the any attempts--some of them successful, to reduce human beings to mere "cogs in the machine"--in order to increase still further the wealth and power of the elite. This week's installment focuses on the CIA's infamous Project MK-ULTRA and other deadly experiments the U.S. government conducted on unwitting citizens in the...
Topics: Human Resources, CIA, MK-ULTRA, mind control, conditioning, Ewen Cameron, Squirrel Hill
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Oct 30, 2018
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Oct 30, 2018
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30-minute radio program for October 30, 2018. Third of several parts. Scott Noble's wide-ranging and fine documentary film of 2010 adapted to radio. It's about the any attempts--some of them successful, to reduce human beings to mere "cogs in the machine"--in order to increase still further the wealth and power of the elite. This week's installment shows psychology's "frustration-aggression" principle used as a means of social control. One predictable result of the human...
Topics: Human Resources, capitalism, CIA, violence, MK-ULTRA, mass murder
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Oct 23, 2018
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Oct 23, 2018
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30-minute radio program for October 23, 2018. Second of several parts. Scott Noble's wide-ranging and fine documentary film of 2010 adapted to radio. It's about the any attempts--some of them successful, to reduce human beings to mere "cogs in the machine"--in order to increase still further the wealth and power of the elite. This week's installment begins with public schools. Schools were never designed to educate children--still less to empower them--but to turn them into obedient,...
Topics: Human Resources, capitalism, public education, schools, violence
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Oct 16, 2018
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Oct 16, 2018
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30-minute radio program for October 16, 2018. First of several parts. Scott Noble's wide-ranging and fine documentary film of 2010 adapted to radio. It's about the any attempts--some of them successful, to reduce human beings to mere "cogs in the machine"--in order to increase still further the wealth and power of the elite. This first installment focuses on industrial relations. Through "scientific management," power in the workplace was taken from workers and given to...
Topics: Human Resources, capitalism, industrial relations, labor, management
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Aug 28, 2018
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Aug 28, 2018
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30-minute radio program for August 28, 2018. Second of three parts. A very good talk by Progressive historian Howard Zinn, delivered in 2008. It deals with key themes in Zinn's writing (and social activism): social justice, war, economic power, the anti-democratic behavior of governments (including ours), propaganda, and the power of the people to organize and compel justice. Part Two (this week) focuses on this country's extravagant military expenditures and "absurd" wars. Zinn...
Topics: Howard Zinn, politics, Obama, war, military budget, imperialism
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Aug 21, 2018
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Aug 21, 2018
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30-minute radio program for August 21, 2018. First of three parts. A very good talk by Progressive historian Howard Zinn (d. 2010)--delivered 3 days after the 2008 presidential election. It deals with key themes in Zinn's writing (and social activism): social justice, war, economic power, the anti-democratic behavior of governments (including ours), propaganda, and the power of the people to organize and compel justice. Part one (this week) focuses on the woeful inadequacy of politicians'...
Topics: Howard Zinn, politics, Obama, social justice, war
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Jul 31, 2018
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30-minute radio program for July 31, 2018. The Luddites were radicalized skilled workers in England (1811-1817) who destroyed the new, highly-automated factory machinery that threatened their lives. KD discusses te Luddites' true history, ,,, the pros and cons of their rebellion (mostly the pros), ... and the severe problems caused by globalized industrialized capitalism. He explores whether Luddism makes any sense in today's world, and the possibility of nonviolent "soft-core"...
Topics: Luddites, capitalism, textile industry, history, consumer culture, technology
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Jul 10, 2018
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Jul 10, 2018
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30-minute radio program for July 19, 2018. A new and powerful talk by Progressive journalist/essayist Chris Hedges, delivered at the Left Forum in June 2018. Hedges argues that the ruling elite--anticipating another collapse of the financial system they control--is fighting to silence all Progressive and left-wing critiques of the system. A major battlefield in that war is the Internet. The elite just destroyed Net Neutrality. Now they're silencing their opponents by reprogramming the search...
Topics: Internet, ruling elite, information, Chris Hedges
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Jun 26, 2018
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Jun 26, 2018
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30-minute radio program for June 26, 2018. A classic talk by progressive historian Howard Zinn. Zinn spoke in Boston, at an antiwar "teach-in," on September 25, 2001--just before the U.S. launched its war against Afghanistan. Zinn spoke of governments that lie to their people--all governments and particularly the United States. They especially lie as they launch unnecessary wars--for instance our wars against Mexico, Spain, and Vietnam. Average citizens can empower themselves by...
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Topics: war, Afghanistan, government, history, lies
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Jun 12, 2018
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Jun 12, 2018
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30-minute radio program for June 12, 2018. All new episode! (most of which is 56 years old). This is the third in our series of classic monologues by the great radio humorist / satirist / storyteller Jean Shepherd (condensed by K.D.). As usual, Shepherd pokes fun at Americans' vices and follies--including our crazy junk, our unrealistic "realistic" TV shows; our love of doing things just to see if they can be done; the rationalizations we concoct to justify our love of space flights...
Topics: Jean Shepherd, junk, space program, radio, 1960s
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May 29, 2018
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May 29, 2018
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30-minute radio program for May 29, 2018. The second half of a fine audio collage by Chazk / Virtual Renderings, Created in 2013--and just as timely and important now as then-- "Abominable Ways of Biotech" is now broadcast for the first time. It's about the insanity and the dangers--and the demonstrable bad health effects--of biotech tinkering with the food we eat. Part 2 continues the discussion of the bad effects of glyphosate (Monsanto's "Roundup" herbicide). Then it...
Topics: biotechnology, GMO, agriculture, glyphosate, Roundup, BT
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May 22, 2018
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May 22, 2018
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30-minute radio program for May 22, 2018. A fine audio collage by Chazk / Virtual Renderings, Created in 2013--and just as timely and important now as then-- "Abominable Ways of Biotech" is now broadcast for the first time. It's about the insanity and the dangers--and the demonstrable bad health effects--of biotech tinkering with the food we eat. Part 1 focuses on the problem of transplanting genes from one species to another and the multiple health hazards of Monsanto's glyphosate...
Topics: biotechnology, GMO, agriculture, glyphosate, Roundup
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Mar 20, 2018
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Mar 20, 2018
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30-minute radio program for March 20, 2018. Yes, (KD argues,) Trump is unfit to be President. But so were two recent predecessors: W. Bush and Saint Ronald Reagan. The difference is that Reagan and Bush had the full support of America's oligarchs and corporate elite. Trump does not have their full support. But let's not let Republican malfeasance blind us to the sins of the Democratics, specifically Barack Obama. He served the oligarch and the elite--and damaged "the 99%"--just as...
Topics: Noam Chosky, democracy, Obama, Aristide Evo Morales, elections, public relations
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Mar 13, 2018
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Mar 13, 2018
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30-minute radio program for March 13, 2018. Noam Chomsky discusses (with Ralph Nader) more of the key ideas of his recent book and film, Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power. In this final installment, Nader discusses three further ways in which the rich and powerful are destroying democracy and establishing plutocracy in the United States. These are: "Keep the rabble in line," "Manufacture consent," and "Marginalize...
Topics: Noam Chosky, Ralph Nader, plutocracy, oligarchy, democracy, American Dream, economy
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Mar 5, 2018
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Mar 5, 2018
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30-minute radio program for March 5, 2018. A very good but little-known speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., "The Other America," delivered April 14,1967, at Stanford University. Here King goes beyond mere "civil rights" and speaks forcefully on the larger issues of growing economic inequality and an out-of-control Military-Industrial Complex. The sonewhat condensed audio recording was produced in 2008 for the radio program, "DC37 Radio"--apparently the predecessor...
Topics: Martin Luther King Jr, inequality, civil rights, military-industrial complex
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Jan 30, 2018
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Jan 30, 2018
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30-minute radio program for January 30, 2018. KD reflects on U.S.exaggerations of the Russian threat in the 1950s. Those "Cold War" exaggerations much increased the profits of the military-industrial complex. And it looks like the same stunt is being pulled again today. Next we read an article on the subject by retired CIA officer Philip Giraldi. Then a recording of Giraldi discussing these and related issues. newworldnotes.blogspot.com. Giraldi audio excerpted from the radio program...
Topics: Russia, Philip Giraldi, propaganda, elections, military
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Dec 12, 2017
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Dec 12, 2017
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30-minute radio program for December 12, 2017. A bit of this, a bit of that. Features more of Noam Chomsky's discussion (with Ralph Nader) on the ill effects of the growing concentration of wealth and power. Plus KD's "Press Review" of oddball newspaper stories and a song by Ethan Miller & Kate Boverman. Chomsky audio courtesy of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour for May 20, 2017 newworldnotes.blogspot.com
Topics: Noam Chomsky, concentrated wealth, politics, democracy, climate change, banks
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Nov 14, 2017
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Nov 14, 2017
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30-minute radio program for November 14, 2017. Part 2 of the new audio collage on responding radically to the environmental crisis. It's by Chazk (aka Virtual Renderings). It features commentary by figures such as Dale Pendell, Derrick Jensen, Guy McPherson, Charles Eisenstein, and others--plus some relevant music. Part 2 focuses on the need to reconceive the relationship our species has with the other species of our shared planet. With a brief introduction by K.D. newworldnotes.blogspot.com
Topics: ecology, environment, global warming, climate change
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Nov 7, 2017
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Nov 7, 2017
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30-minute radio program for November 7, 2017. The first part of the new audio collage on responding radically to the environmental crisis. It's by Chazk (aka Virtual Renderings). It features commentary by figures such as Dale Pendell, Derrick Jensen, Guy McPherson, and Charles Eisenstein--plus some relevant music. Introduction by K.D.
Topics: ecology, environment, global warming, climate change
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Oct 17, 2017
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Oct 17, 2017
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30-minute radio program for October 17, 2017. We explore both the good points and the bad of those 20th-century icons, the late Hugh M. Hefner and his Playboy magazine. Includes excerpts from the Times's fine obituary. Plus personal reminiscences by KD exploring the role of Playboy in his adolescent development--and its role in American culture. Plus a song by Tom Lehrer. (Adult themes and language: listener discretion is advised) http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/
Topics: Hugh Hefner, Playboy, civil liberties, pornography
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Sep 26, 2017
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Sep 26, 2017
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30-minute radio program for September 26, 2017. A loosely organized collection of interesting stuff. The show includes a Press Review of oddball stories you may have missed--National Lobster Day, the US claims to have "conquered" Jupiter, and more. A song by DAVID ROVICS about a huge London riot the US press chose to ignore. NOAM CHOMSKY explains some of the ways the US's ruling elite keep "the 99%" powerless, obedient and economically insecure. Plus remarks, here and there,...
Topics: potpourri, lobster, Noam Chomsky, David Rovics, NASA, economics, Tottenham riots
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Aug 29, 2017
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Aug 29, 2017
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30-minute radio program for August 29, 2017. Lyn Gerry reads the second half of Richard K. Moore's classic essay, "Escaping the Matrix." Moore's essay, published in 2000, is a fine discussion of the gap between the Establishment's official propaganda and the real truth about how The System actually works. It's also a concise history of the changing interplay among the forces of imperialism, capitalism, economic policy, and the state. KD introduces the reading with some words on...
Topics: "The Matrix", empire, imperialism, neoliberalism, cpitalism, Lyn Gerry, Richard K. Moore
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Aug 22, 2017
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Aug 22, 2017
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30-minute radio program for August 22, 2017. First some brief personal reflections by KD and a bit of music. Then a reading (by Lyn Gerry) of the first half of Richard K. Moore's classic essay, "Escaping the Matrix." Moore's essay, published in 2000, is a fine discussion of the gap between the Establishment's official propaganda and the real truth about how The System actually works. It's also a concise history of the changing interplay among the forces of imperialism, capitalism,...
Topics: "The Matrix", empire, imperialism, neoliberalism, cpitalism, Lyn Gerry, Richard K. Moore
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Aug 1, 2017
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Aug 1, 2017
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30-minute radio program for August 1, 2017. Documentary filmmaker JOHN PILGER discusses the real story behind the U.S.'s opposition to Russia, China, North Korea, and Syria. His shrewd analysis of ACTUAL U.S. foreign policy naturally leads to a discussion of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the corruption of the Democratic Party, the propaganda dished out by the mainstream media, and (in Pilger's view) Clinton's well-deserved loss in the 2016 election. Pilger responds to questions...
Topics: John Pilger, Cindy Sheehan, foreign policy, propaganda, media, Russia, China, North Korea, Syria
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Jun 20, 2017
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Jun 20, 2017
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30-minute radio program for June 20, 2017. Second of two parts. In a recent talk in Hartford, GLEN FORD insightfully dissects US geostrategic policy. He explains how the current anti-Russia hysteria--and, more importantly, the US's disastrous and failing military interventions in the Middle East--are part of a larger effort to contain (and if necessary strangle) China. The US ruling class's "crisis" is genuine: the increasing threat that China poses to their global hegemony. To...
Topics: Glen Ford, imperialism, ruling class, foreigh policy, hegemony, Syria, Al Qaeda, China, Russia
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Jun 13, 2017
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Jun 13, 2017
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30-minute radio program for June 13, 2017. First of two parts. In a recent talk in Hartford, GLEN FORD insightfully dissects US geostrategic policy. He explains how the current anti-Russia hysteria--and, more importantly, the US's disastrous and failing military interventions in the Middle East--are part of a larger effort to contain (and if necessary strangle) China. The US ruling class's "crisis" is genuine: the increasing threat that China poses to their global hegemony. To control...
Topics: Glen Ford, imperialism, ruling class, foreigh policy, hegemony, Syria, Al Qaeda
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May 30, 2017
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May 30, 2017
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30-minute radio program for May 30, 2017. A brief talk by KD--on symbiosis and responding to squirrel terrorism in his back yard--introduces a longer (some would say "better") talk by NOAM CHOMSKY. Chomsky continues his discussion of the US today. This week he shares some shrewd insights on the radical pro-corporate, anti-social policies of the Republican Congress; the compromised news media; the Trump administration; the US's growing nuclear arsenal; and the government's persecution...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, Donald Trump, Paul Ryan, nuclear weapons, Julian Assange, protest
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May 16, 2017
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May 16, 2017
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0-minute radio program for May 16, 2017. Nuclear weapons and climate change pose existential threats to life on earth, says Noam Chomsky. Only democratic institutions would be able (and inclined) to deal with these threats, But since the 1970s, capitalism has fought a largely successful campaign to undermine democracy and democratic institutions, both in Europe and in the U,S, Thus we have a "perfect storm" of crises and no evident way of dealing with it. By undermining democracy,...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, capitalism, ecology, climate change, democracy
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May 9, 2017
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May 9, 2017
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30-minute radio program for May 9, 2017. North Korea and Syria--what to do? Noam Chomsky reveals some not-well-known facts about the situations, and he makes some intelligent suggestions for wise and humane action by the U.S. As usual, Chomsky's analysis is a refreshing alternative to the belligerent cliches recited by government spokespersons and corporate-controlled media. He spoke in Cambridge, MA, on April 24, 2017, in response to questions posed by Amy Goodman. Chuck Rosina, recorded the...
Topics: Noam Chomsky, Syria, North Korea, diplomacy, war
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May 1, 2017
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May 1, 2017
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30-minute radio program for May 1, 2017. Some recent news on energy and the environment is encouraging: The Coal Museum goes solar, and nuclear-plant-builder Westinghouse goes bankrupt. Other news, not so encouraging. The show features some newspaper items read by KD, a talk by Noam Chomsky, and a song ("East Tennessee") by David Rovics. Thanks once again to Chuck Rosina, who recorded the Chomsky talk live in Cambridge, MA, on April 24, 2017. The complete recording is available on...
Topics: energy, environment, climate change, global warming, coal, nuclear power, Noam Chomsky
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Apr 4, 2017
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Apr 4, 2017
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30-minute radio program for April 4, 2017. Major portions of one of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s finest--yet now little-known--speeches. He delivered "Beyond Vietnam" in New York, on April 4, 1967. For this speech, King was denounced by the entire Establishment (including the NAACP!) and the corporate-controlled media. The speech is a stirring indictment of misplaced national priorities, including cutbacks in social programs at home in order to fund an unnecessary, counterproductive, and...
Topics: Martin Luther King, war, civil rights, Vietnam, military
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Mar 21, 2017
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Mar 21, 2017
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30-minute radio program for March 21, 2017. Scientist Seth Darling offers a comprehensive--and sobering--look at an endangered vital resource: fresh water. Blending history, political science, chemistry, ecology, and several other academic disciplines, he surveys society's water policies and the probable disastrous results of failing to change them. This week, in Part 2, Darling accentuates the positive. He speaks of advances in water-purification technology, some cutting-edge science at the...
Topics: Seth Darling, water, climate change, civilization, ecology, technology
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Mar 14, 2017
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Mar 14, 2017
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30-minute radio program for March 14, 2017. Scientist Seth Darling offers a comprehensive--and sobering--look at an endangered vital resource: fresh water. Blending history, political science, chemistry, ecology, and several other academic disciplines, he surveys society's water policies and the probable disastrous results of failing to change them. In the 20th century, many bloody conflicts were for the control of oil. In the 21st, many will be for the control of water. With an introduction by...
Topics: Seth Darling, water, climate change, civilization, ecology, technology
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Mar 7, 2017
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30-minute radio program for March 7, 2017. Progressive activist and presidential candidate Jill Stein speaks on the corrupt Republican-Democrat party ... on how citizens have been getting a bad deal for decades ... and on how real change can come from the grassroots. Introduction & afterword by KD. Thanks to Wilton Vought (othervoicesotherchoices.com), who recorded the talk in Washington, D.C., on January 21, 2017. http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/ For an ordered listing of all "New...
Topics: Jill Stein, politics, Democratic Party, Trump, millennials
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Jan 17, 2017
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Jan 17, 2017
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Kenneth Dowst
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30-minute radio program for January 17, 2017. Second of two parts. Harvard climate scientist James G. Anderson interviewed by Dale Lehman. More clear, cogent--and even somewhat optimistic--discussion of climate change by Harvard scientist James G. Anderson. This week's topics include how vulnerable the U.S. is, what steps need to be taken, and how to persuade the American people to act. Plus a short talk on climate and the environment by political scientist Michael Parenti (2006) and a song by...
Topics: climate, climate change, global warming, energy, James G. Anderson, Michael Parenti
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Jan 10, 2017
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Jan 10, 2017
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Kenneth Dowst
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30-minute radio program for January 10, 2017. First of two parts. Harvard climate scientist James G.Anderson interviewed by Dale Lehman. In this week's installment, Anderson lucidly and cogently explains why "global warming" is a bad term to use: it understates the breadth and severity of the problem. He makes short work of the claim that climate change is natural,not man-made. And he has interesting things to say about the ozone layer ... the Kyoto Protocol ... and why electricity is...
Topics: climate, climate change, global warming, energy, James G. Anderson
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Jan 3, 2017
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Jan 3, 2017
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30-minute radio program for January 3, 2017. Third World people are intentionally kept poor so that our rich "investors" may become still richer. British journalist JOHANN HARI argues this case, using Haiti as example. MICHAEL PARENTI (early 1990s) concurs, with examples from Haiti and elsewhere. I suggest that the U.S. is now being pushed down the same road as Haiti. And comedians BOB AND RAY offer a comic look at a domestic company that has adopted a Third-World business model: The...
Topics: Haiti, Bob and Ray, Michael Parenti, imperialism, capitalism
